Is Emergency Cholecystectomy safe in the oldest old? A 10-year single institution Retrospective study

Abstract

Background: The incidence and severity of presentation of cholelithiasis or its complications increases with increasing age. Higher risks of morbidity, longer hospital stay, and mortality are the potential challenges to this emergency procedure in this cohort. There is little UK based data citing outcomes of emergency surgery in this group of population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of emergency cholecystectomy in patients aged 75 and above.